Convertible baby-carriage.



0. W. SIEBERT & 0. N. TURNER.

CONVERTIBLE BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16. 1915.

1,167,439. Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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0. W. SIEBERT & O. N. TURNER.

CONVERTIBLE BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, I915.

O. W. SIEBERT & 0. N. TURNER.

CONVERTIBLE BABY CARRIAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO W. SIEIBERT AND ORA N. TURNER, OF TEMPLETON, MASSACHUSETTS; SAID TURNER ASSIGNOB- TO BAY STATE IVIETAL WHEEL COMPANY, OF TEMPLETON,

MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

CONVERTIBLE BABY-CARRIAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, OTTO W. SIEBERT and ORA L TURNER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Templeton, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Baby-Carriages, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved baby carriage which may be converted into a bassinet.

The invention comprises a body which is usable either as a car or body of a baby carriage or as a bassinet, said body having legs arranged to be folded against its bottom when it is mounted on the running frame of the carriage.

One improved feature of the invention is the arrangement of the legs whereby they are adapted to be lapped when folded against the bottom of the body and whereby they are adapted, when unfolded, to have a width of base greater than the width of the body or bassinet, and a length of base greater than the length of the bottom of the body.

Another improved feature is the means.

for detachably connecting the car or body to the running frame of the carriage. the said means permitting the car or body to be arranged with either end at the front of the running frame.

Other improved features are illustrated by the accompanying drawings and are hereinafter described and claimed.

On the drawings: Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a baby carriage embodying the present invention, the canopy top being represented in three different positions. Fig. 2 represents a vertical cross section, on a larger scale, through the structure intersected by line 22 of Fig. 1. In this figure the folding legs are represented in folded position by solid lines and are represented in open position by dotted lines. Fig. 3 represents a bottom plan view of the car or body, with the legs in'folded position, the figure also including the structure intersected by line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of the caror body converted for use as a bassinet. Fig. 5 represents an end elevation of the structure shown by Fig. 4.

. a baby carriage as shown by Fig. 1 and for a bassinet as shown by Figs. 4 and 5.

The running frame of the carriage ineludes front wheels 11, and axle 12 therefor,

rear wheels 13, a rear axle 1st, longitudinal reaches such as that indicated at 15 connecting the axles, and push-bars such as that indicated at 16. The running frame carries a body-supporting structure made in two sections each comprising leaf springs 17 and 18. The springs 18 are made in pairs, each pair being made from a single strip of spring steel, the spring portions 18, 18, being connected at their upper ends by an intermediate portion 19 which is substantially straight and horizontal, excepting that it has an offset portion 19 to provide clearance for the latchingdevice, hereinafter named.

For the purpose of mounting the body upon the platform afforded by the portions 19, the bottom (frame 21) of the body is provided with two pairs of saddles permanently aflixed and each having a pair of ears 20. The cars 20 are arranged to straddle the portions 19 as shown by Figs. 2 and 8. The body is provided with fastening devices of well known construction, each of which comprises a. swivel head 22. The portions 19 are provided with elongatedholes or slots 23 through which the heads 22 may be passed. The said heads are elongated, and are intended to be turned to register with the holes or slots 23 to permit attaching and detaching the body, and to be turnedto the positions shown by Figs. 2 and 3 to lock the body to the portions 19. The fastening devices, being symmetrically arranged, enable the body to be attached with either end toward the front of the running frame.

A canopy top or hood is indicated at 25. It has flatsides 26 and a segmental cylindric portion -.-.27 connecting the sides.

The bodyfis provided with fixtures 28 shanks 31 which embrace the bolts 29 and The fixtures 28 are fasswing thereon. I V timed to the sides of the body midway between'the ends of the latter toenable' the top or hood to cooperate with both ends of the. body in the same manner. The proportions of the body and hood are such that the latter may occupy either ofthetwo extreme; positions indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which positions the ends of the body and hood are nested, thus leavingthe top of the body uncovered and unobstructed, with, substantially the same result as though the top or need were collapsible. The reversibility of the arrangement of the body relatively to the running frame, and the reversibility of the hood relatively to the body, is due to the symmetrical shape of-the body and to the symmetrical arrangement ofthe pivot members E39 relatively thereto. The body is provided with legs which arepivotally attached to its bottom so that they may be folded against the bottom, as shownby Figs. 2,- and 3, when the body is uponthe running frame. The legs are indi- Gated at 2, andin the present instancethere are twopairs of them, each. pair being made from asingle vcontinuous pieceof; stock, prefer-ably metal: tubing. The; and portions 33 of each said; piece ofstocklare connected by pivot members 3 ijto-fixtures 35 fastened to the bottom: ofthebody. The intermediate portions 36 ofsaid pieces. of stoclrconnect thetwolegs of each pair andgcooperate with latching devices 37 to keep thelegsin operative onunfolded position when the car or bodyis to beused asabassinet. (See. F gs 2, 'tandfi). As shownby Fig. Qatbe, latchingi devices are. mounted upon a, common pivot; member; 38, the latter; being carried byaa; sheet metal fixture,39;fastened.to the bottom of! the body. Each-device37 has a socket .40 at its outerend, said sockets being formed tov receive; the connecting-.. portions 50., or, bars, 36 of the legs, as. representeds by dotted linesin Fig. 2. The eXtremitiesAl of the-latchingldevices 37v are, turned, inwardly. toward pivot; member 38. to form channels-..'through which the portions, 36 m S ipassi-in ord nto enter the oc ets-A .-fiee; endsof. the; latchingdevices 3-7; are normally raised by} suitable, spring means tothe -positions represented. by solid lines in Eig, 2; thelatching devices :being;arranged to underlie:.thegportions.-36-so that theywill be; autoa tically. depressed by v the portions asythelegs: are unfolded. It. is thus assured; that; the: portions 36: will enter, the channels: formed bythe extremities 41 and 63 that the latching devices will be automatically lifted by their spring means to em brace the portions 36 as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In the present instance a single torsion spring is arranged to act upon both latching devices 37, said spring having a helical portion 42 surrounding the pivot member 38 and having hooks 43 at its ends engaged respectively with the two latching dGXlCQS. When the legs are folded I as shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, they are held so by one of the latching devices, which one depending upon the order in which the legs are folded.

As shown by Figs. 3 and 4, the legs of each pair diverge from the fixtures 35 by 89 which they are connected tothe body. This diverging relation affords a length of base greater than the length of the bottom frame 21, and also enables the legs of one pair to cross those of the other pair when the legs are folded (see Fig. 3), the legs being thus caused to clear the fixtures 35 so that they may. fold into contiguous relation, with the bottom of the body. This arrangement of the legs also causes the legs to clear. the body-supporting structures 18, 1.9, which are carried by the running frame. When folding the legs, the first pair (which may be either pair) will fold into contact with the bottom of. the body, and thesecond pair will fold: into contact with the. first pair, the latching device for the latterpair auto matically followingthe portion 36. of the latter to keep the legs in foldedposition.

When the legs are open in body-support: ing; position, their lower ends are spread apart beyond the perpendicular planes of thesides of the body, as shown by. Fig. 5, thus affordinga suflicientwidth of base.

We-claim:

1. The combination with a running frame, anda body-supporting structure carried thereby, of a body, means arranged'to fasten said body to said structure,i said means being; adjustable to permitdetaching said body from said structure,- two pairs: of body-supportinglegs arranged under. said body and piv'otally connected thereto so as to.- fold laterally a' gainsti the bottom of: said body, thefree ends of said legs being-mov able beyond the perpendicular. planes- 0f the sides ofrsaidrbody, to supportthebody, and means carried by said' body and arranged to latch said legs. in body-supporting position.

2. In combination, a' running-frame, two; separated body-supporting elements carried thereby, a detachablebodyadapted to. rest upon: said elements, two pairs of body-supporting legs, two pairs'of fixtures affixed to and projecting downwardly from the bottom of said body, and pivotalmeans connecting said legs and said fixtures-below the bottom of said-body, saidxfixtures being arranged to set between said body-supporting n elements, said legs being arranged to fold he upwardly into crossed relation under said body and to project beyond the longitudinal and transverse lines in which said fixtures are arranged.

3. In combination, a running frame,bodysupporting means including a platform carried by said running frame, a detachable body adapted to rest upon said plat-form, two pairs of body-supporting legs, and pivotal connections connecting said legs to the bottom of said body, said legs being arranged to fold upwardly into crossed relation under said body, the free ends of said legs being offset from said pivotal connections beyond the ends of said platform whereby said legs are caused to clear said platform when the legs are folded.

4. A baby carriage body or bassinet having two pairs of legs,and pivotal means connecting said legs to said body, said pairs of legs being arranged to fold upwardly into crossed relation under said body, said pairs of legs being foldable in either order, the first pair so folded, according to either order, being foldable against the bottom of said body, and the latter pair so folded being foldable against the first pair.

A baby carriage body or bassinet having two pairs of legs, pivotal connections connecting said legs with said body, said legs being arranged to unfold to body-supporting position and to fold upwardly under said body, a bar connecting the legs of each pair to cause the legs of each pair to move in unison, and two spring-pressed devices mounted on the bottom of said body to coact respectively with said bars, said devices being arranged to hold said pairs of legs in body supporting position and in folded position as the case may be.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures.

OTTO \V. SIEBERT. ORA N. TURNER.

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